The Fix is In, Thanks to Tom Resing

I have great news, thanks to fellow SharePointer Tom Resing. In my previous post I mentioned the problems the Community Kit for SharePoint:Enhanced Blog Edition has with the new link tracking parameters FeedBurner just started adding to their links.

In that post, I talked about the trials and tribulations of trying to get CKS:EBE working by installing an updated version. It turns out there was another approach to the problem. Although Google made the change to FeedBurner effective by default, Tom pointed out that they do offer an option to turn it off.

The Quick Fix

So, for those of you using both FeedBurner and CKS:EBE, here's the scoop. On the left menu in your FeedBurner Feed Stats Dashboard, in the Services section, is an option called "Configure Stats":

When you select Configure Stats, you have a section called "Reach", which has several options. You need to uncheck the box for "Track Clicks as a traffic source in Google Analytics":

That's all there is to it! Save the settings, and everything should be back to "normal".

Of course, it would have been nice if Google had posted a more conspicuous notice that they were making this change, and where it could be configured. It would have been even nicer if they had made the change "opt in" instead of "opt out".

Nevertheless, what's done is done. You should now be able to click through from my RSS feed directly to the articles you are interested in.

I apologize for any inconvenience.